sweet

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Thanks, that's really sweet, but it's been almost a decade and it's definitely time.

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Quick take

English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of sweet gathered in one view.

noun

English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)

noun

a dish served as the last course of a meal

noun

a food rich in sugar

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sweet.

noun

English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)

noun

a dish served as the last course of a meal

noun

a food rich in sugar

noun

the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth

noun

the property of tasting as if it contains sugar

adjective

having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar

adjective

having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; "an angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when he slept"; "a sweet disposition"

See also: angelic, angelical, cherubic, seraphic

adjective

pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello"

See also: dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant

adjective

pleasing to the senses; "the sweet song of the lark"; "the sweet face of a child"

adjective

pleasing to the mind or feeling; "sweet revenge"

adjective

having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers"

adjective

(used of wines) having a high residual sugar content; "sweet dessert wines"

adjective

not containing or composed of salt water; "fresh water"

adjective

not soured or preserved; "sweet milk"

adjective

with sweetening added

See also: sugared, sweetened, sweet-flavored

adverb

in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly'); "Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly"; "how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank"- Shakespeare; "talking sweet to each other"

Example sentences

Thanks, that's really sweet, but it's been almost a decade and it's definitely time.

Suppose bigCo buys this startup tomorrow, many of those employees might see a sweet $150k payout.

He was extremely manipulative, and knew how to be perfectly sweet like the author describes.

I like how all the people who benefit from artificial sweeteners are refuting something which the study doesn't claim.

This 16y old boy builds a sweet website good enough to reach #1 on this page just to push his goal of a year in CA and you offer an introductory " causes Chrome to lag".

'"\n\nIt's true that artificial sweeteners have no immediate effect on appetite, blood glucose levels, nor weight gain.

Pretty sweet deal for hacking projects you never got around to -- I've seen several folks in finance basically just go dark and hack on the beach for 6mo-1yr before returning to the field.

This never really fit very well into Hip-Hop and girls, and "looking cool" Patterson - though I did rock this sweet leather jacket once, but I drew some blanks when I channeled my inner James Dean.

* You could build a sweet github-style outward facing interface allowing the public to track the progress of bills in real time, increasing democratic awareness and participation.

Everyone is refuting the immediate effects of artificial sweeteners.

Some people are Youtube and have Eric layering sweet sugary syrup on their Pancakes whilst they discuss the beautiful synergies of a monster deal, but most of the time, the startup CEO is hustling it across the finish line.

They're takin' their sweet time bringin' the oil back, and maybe even took the liberty of hiring an alcoholic skipper who likes to drink martinis and fuckin' play slalom with the icebergs, and it ain't too long 'til he hits one, spills the oil and kills all the sea life in the North Atlantic.

They're takin' their sweet time bringin' the oil back, of course, maybe even took the liberty of hiring an alcoholic skipper who likes to drink martinis and fuckin' play slalom with the icebergs, it ain't too long 'til he hits one, spills the oil and kills all the sea life in the North Atlantic.